GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Battle Creek man is facing child pornography charges after allegedly taking explicit photos of children and posting them online. This due in part to a tip received from police in Australia.
According to woodtv.com, the Queensland Police Service found over 55 images shared by a username associated with 39-year-old Westley James Keyes, on a dark web child exploitation chat site in 2020.
Metadata from the photos told Queensland police that the location where the images were taken was in or near Battle Creek between May and August of 2020. In September 2021, Queensland police notified the Homeland Security Investigations unit in Grand Rapids of their discovery.
Federal agents say he took photos of two girls, a teenager and child between the age of 2 and 4. Along with images, explicit and abusive chat messages from the username associated with Keyes were found on various dark web boards.
Keyes was arrested on probable cause by the Homeland Security Investigations unit.
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